Russia withdraws troops around Kyiv as war grinds on
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Flowers are placed on a Ukrainian military armored fighting vehicle destroyed during fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sasha, 50, waits for his dog Druzhok before crossing a bridge destroyed by the Russian army when it retreated from villages in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian army soldiers, Igor, 23, embraces his wife Dasha, 22, after a military sweep to search for possible remnants of Russian troops after their withdrawal from villages in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian army soldiers take part in a military sweep to search for possible remnants of Russian troops after their withdrawal from villages in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian soldiers operate inside an abandoned house during a military sweep to search for possible remnants of Russian troops after their withdrawal from villages in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A man clears debris from buildings destroyed during fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in a large explosion crater outside Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A destroyed window of a house is seen during a military sweep to search for possible remnants of Russian troops after their withdrawal from villages in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Mariya Ol'hovs'ka, 33, mourns the death of her father Valerii Ol'hovs'kyi, 72, killed by a Russian missile on March 30 near his house, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 1. Mariya and her family buried her father in the garden of their home as they could not bury him in the village cemetery due to fighting between the Ukrainian and Russian armies.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian soldiers smile as they have a rest in Irpin close to Kyiv Friday, April 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ukrainian rescue workers carry an elderly woman under the destroyed bridge in Irpin, close to Kyiv close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Ukrainian soldier checks a destroyed Russian tank, in Irpin close to Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, April 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A destroyed armoured vehicle is seen near the village of Malaya Rohan, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Friday, April 1.RUSSIAN EMERGENCY MINISTRY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP
Firefighters work at the site of a fire at an oil depot in Belgorod region, Russia, on Friday, April 1. The governor of the Russian border region of Belgorod accused Ukraine of flying helicopter gunships into Russian territory and striking an oil depot Friday morning.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A Ukrainian Red Cross volunteers helps an elderly woman arriving from Mariupol at a refugee center in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, Friday, April 1.ASSOCIATED PRESS
A woman reacts as she arrives from Mariupol to a refugee center in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, Friday, April 1.